Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

The community around Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

It takes 3.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 40.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Child Poverty: 30.2% (13.8–46.6%)
• Depression: 29.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
• Food Insecurity: 22.5%
• Diabetes: 15.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
• Poverty Rate: 21.3% (11.8–30.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

• Fifth Ward Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Catherine Church — 3.8 mi away
• Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church — 3.8 mi away in Belledeau, LA
• Star Light Church — 3.9 mi away
• Starlight Baptist Church — 4 mi away in Marksville, LA
• Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church — 4 mi away in Echo, LA
• Baptist Faith Mission Outreach — 4.6 mi away in Marksville, LA
• New Morning Glory Church — 4.8 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 5 mi away in Marksville, LA
• Mount Pleasant Church — 5.4 mi away